Palmerston - Update History

Update History

August 2018: Clearance and yacht club information updated by PIA Exec. officer Arthur Neale.May 2018: Clearance, docking and local info. updates from Hugh Pilsworth.November 2016: Clearance and docking confirmed as still up to date by Martin Rutt who visited November 2016.October 2013: Update to Clearance from Palmerston Island Administration's Executive Officer.

Noonsite welcomes information from cruisers visiting this port.E-mail noonsite with new information, updates and/or confirmation that the current information is accurate.

April Cunningham
says:

Aug 03, 2018 05:20 PM

From Will Rowe via email:

My wife and I have the only AIS station on Palmerston to assist approach. We also provide internet and weather update facilities free of charge to all cruisers no matter whom they are hosted by on Palmerston.

We check the AIS traffic and our email every four to six hours.

Vessels intending on making Palmerston their next port of call can contact us at [email protected] and expect a prompt reply with answers to any questions they may have.

Meitaki korereka,

Will Rowe

Froxi
says:

Nov 07, 2016 04:10 PM

DO visit Palmerston! We did so this year and the welcome was just wonderful.
We contacted Bill Marsters in advance, and brought much needed supplies from RaroTonga. Our reward was to be adopted, fed, and brought into their daily life, with No Charge for the use of their (newly laid) mooring. Bill's wife Metua makes delightful necklaces and wristbands and various other beautiful mementos and gifts for very reasonable prices. I bought a shell necklace for my 96y/o mother and mailed it to her - she wears it everyday! I and my 3 crew had a wonderful time, and we cannot praise Bill, Metua and their lovely family, enough.
I cannot say how the other families treat you, but I can wholeheartedly recommend getting in touch with Bill and stopping with him if you can.
Only one caveat......the mooring is on the reef, which will be a lee shore if the wind becomes N round to W. We only left because a trough was coming, which would have - and did, I am told - make the anchorage untenable.